{"product_id":"monkey-king-journey-to-the-west-9780143138938","title":"Monkey King: Journey to the West","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The best English edition of the classic Chinese fantasy novel I have ever read.\" ―Minjie Chen, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore there was \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings, \u003c\/i\u003ethere was China's \u003ci\u003eMonkey King\u003c\/i\u003e. The title character, also known as Sun Wukong, is a shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, beloved by fans of the anime \u003ci\u003eDragon Ball\u003c\/i\u003e and the video games \u003ci\u003eLeague of Legends\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Myth: Wukong\u003c\/i\u003e. For raiding Heaven's Orchard of Immortal Peaches, the Buddha pins Monkey King beneath a mountain and frees him only five hundred years later, to protect the pious monk Tripitaka on a fourteen-year journey to India in search of precious Buddhist sutras. Accompanied by two other fallen immortals--a rice-loving pig able to fly with its ears and a depressive man-eating river-sand monster--Monkey King undergoes eighty-one trials, doing battle with all manner of dragons, ogres, wizards, and \u003ci\u003efemmes fatales \u003c\/i\u003ein this rollicking adventure that not only stands as the most popular of China's Four Great Classical Novels but also gave us one of world literature's most memorable superheroes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143138938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384","brand":"Wu Cheng'en","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45211658551477,"sku":"9780143138938","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_64d4d6a0-d8f1-4fd3-8f18-a62134992c0b.jpg?v=1742913685","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/monkey-king-journey-to-the-west-9780143138938","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}